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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Apbil 19, 1908. 



by hand in the brief period available 

 for the work. 



The automatic pocketing machine was 

 the invention of Joseph C. Brown, of 

 Burlington, Vt., who built his first ma- 

 chine in 1885. It little resembles the 

 present model. It was not until 1892 

 that the Brown Bag-Filling Machine Co. 

 was organized at Fitchburg and the first 

 improved machines put out. The first 

 practical machine was leased to Burpee 

 & Co., and the first of the improved 

 model to Henderson & Co. Now prac- 

 tically every one packeting any consid- 

 erable quantity of seeds is using one or 

 more. The accompanying illustration 

 shbws one of the latest installations, 

 operated by Montgomery Ward & Co., 

 Chicago. 



The present-day machine has a ca- 

 pacity of an average of 3,000 uniformly 

 measured sealed packets per hour. Every 

 action of the machine is automatic, it 

 being only necessary for the operator to 

 keep the seed hopper full and the guide 

 box full of bags. The machine measures 

 the material, opens the bag, fills it, gums 

 it, turns the flap, presses it hard down 

 and holds till it sticks fast, making the 

 packet secure for the finest seeds. Eacli 

 machine carries a counter. A motor of 

 only one-eighth horse-power is required 

 to drive the machine. 



In the last two or three years the 

 Brown Bag-Filling Machine Co. haa had 

 its imitators and has been put to con- 

 siderable trouble and expense in the 

 prosecution of infringements, but recent- 

 ly secured a decision from the United 

 Slates Supreme Court confirming its 

 pltents broadly. B. F. Brown, president 

 of the company, says that, gratifying 

 as is the decision, a factor which they 

 do not fail to appreciate is the cordial 

 loyalty of the seed trade, which has 

 been with them throughout. 



BEAN SAMPLES WANTED. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have suggested 

 that you may be able to aid me in 

 obtaining samples of several old va- 

 rieties of beans which I wish to get, but 

 which are not on the general market. 

 They are Jackson's Wonder bush lima, 

 Burpee's White Zulu, Flageolet, White's 

 Prolific pole bean, any sort of lima bean 

 not white seeded, a bean in New England 

 called Spruce gum bean, a tree bean 

 with white, yellow-eyed seed. And any 

 sort of bean not on the general market. 



Belle Plaine, la. H. B. Mosnot. 



SEED TESTING. 



The Seed Laboratory, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, has sent 

 out the following circular: 



Address all samples and correBpondence con- 

 cerning seed testing as above. ^ ^ , 



Samples are often lost and reporta delayed 

 on account of Improper address. 



Accompany all samples with a statement as 

 to the exact purpose for which they are sent: 



1. Examination for presence of adulterants or 

 dodder. , .^ 



2. Test for mechanical purity. 



3. Test for germination. 



The examination of samples for the presence 

 of adulterants or dodder requires but little time 

 and will be given precedence over all other 

 work. All samples sent for this purpose will be 

 examined at once and reports sent by mail or 

 on special request by telegraph at the expense 



of the receiver. . . ,. , *»,.. 



The test for mechanical parity requires the 

 separation of the samples into three parts: 



1. Pure seed (the kind being examined). 



2. Foreign seed (all seeds not of the kind be- 

 ing examined). 



3. Sticks, stones, dirt and chafr, the deter- 

 mination of the weed seeds presejit. and the per- 

 centage by weight of each of the three parts. 



These tests require conslderabl-.- 1 1 trie and can 

 only be made by experts. The facilities of this 



FIFTY CASES OF ORCHIDS 



(FROM MY OWN COIXECTOR) 



Cattleya Trianae «"<> 

 Cattleya Schroederae 



Tw^o of tbe beat selllns: Orcblds for out flowers in tlie wrorld. 

 Write for price by tlie piece or by the case. 



Arthur T. Boddington 3f2''fi^74T;i. New York 



Mentlwi The Review when yon write. 



• . • PRIZE • • • 



PRIMUU SEEDS 



Sow early, will make splendid plants In 

 bloom, for early fall sales. 



}4 Tr. Tr. 



Primnla Sinensis— pkt. pkt. 



Pure white W.60 fl.OO 



Brilliant Red 60 1.00 



Holbom Blue 60 1.00 



Crimson 60 1.00 



Pink or Rosea 60 1.00 



Michell's £aropeaii Mixture— 

 This is a splendid mixture 

 of the finest separate col- 

 ors 60 1.00 



Primula obconlca— 



Red 40 



Rosea or Pink 30 



Pure White 30 



Hybrlda, mixeid colors 30 



Fimbriata, mixed, choice colors .50 



For complete list of seasonable SEEDS 

 and SUPPIilES see our Wholesale List- 

 Mailed Free to all Florists. 



HENRY F. MICHELI. CO., 



s^riliists '^ MariMi St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



RALPH M. WARD & GO. 



Exporters and Importers 

 12 West Broadway, New York 



Bulbs, Plants 



VALLEY OUR SPECIALTr".\llV.';S''£lK 



Mention Tte ReTlew when yon write. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Finest Cold Storaee Pips 

 $14.00 per 1000 $1.75 per 100 



Best Cut Valley constantly on band 



H. N. BRUNS 



1409-1411 W. MADISON 8TBKET, CHICAGO 



Mention Tbc Reylcw when yon write. 



laboratory will not permit more than five mich 

 tests to be made for any one firm or individual 

 in any one calendar month. These tests will be 

 made and reports sent as promptly as possible 

 and in the order in which the samples are re- 

 ceived. 



The test for germination consists In deter- 

 mining the percentage of a sample of seed 

 which will germinate under favorable condi- 

 tions. These tests of most seeds are easily 

 made by anyone, although some seeds, inclading 

 many grasses, are somewhat difficult to test, 

 requiring exact conditions. 



Samples will be tested in the order in which 

 they are received, and not more than five tests 

 for germination will be made for any one firm 

 or individual in any one calendar month. 



ItratsliN Bmd 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The damp weather contiiiues to have 

 a bad effect on field crops and reports 

 of failures are still numerous. Com- 

 plaints are heard of a slower trade in 

 garden peas and there is likely to be a 

 surplus in this line. Rather a larger 



XXX STOCK 



PelarKoniams. Fancy varieties, 8- inch, 16.00 



per 100. 

 Rose Oeraninma. 8-lnch, $4.00 per 100. 

 Heliotropes. Strong, 3-inch, li.OO per 100. 

 Pansies. Finest giants, strong, plants, 11.50 per 



100. 



XXX SEEDS 



Cineraria. Large-flowering dwarf, 1000 seeds, 

 60c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed Tarieties, mixed; single and double, 

 UO seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, 11.00; half pkt.. 60c. 



JOHN r. RIIPP, Shiremanstowa, Pa. 



THK HOMB OF PBIMB08K8. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Dahlias, 

 Gladioli 



PerlOO 

 Double Dahlias in mixed colors.. $2.25 



Gladiolus, choicest mixed 70 



Madeira Vines 60 



OxallB 15 



Lilium Longiflorum, 7x9 7.50 



German Iris, mixed varletie 8 2.00 



Amaryllis Formosissima 4.50 



JAS. VICK'S SONS, 



ROCHESTER, 

 N. Y. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



REGONIAS 



"^ ONLY SINGLES LEFT ^^ 



If you desire Begonia bulbs order at once aa 

 consigameDt is almost sold. Singles, five separ- 

 ate colors. $2.76 per 100; mixed, $2.50. 



HUBERT & 00. Ltd., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 



N. LePace, Representative. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



MAKERS of POIE CULTURE TISSUE 



COLUNIIA, XUISRX, MHCNH '. 



iMUSHROOM 

 =SPAWN = 



fresh Spawn Always on hand. 



WRITE FOR PRICES. 



COCHRAN liUSHROOli & SPAWN CO. 



9 1 I CHEMICAL BLDO. ST. LOUIS. MK>. 



acreage than usual of peas and beans 

 is reported as placed with contract grow- 

 ers in the eastern counties of England, 

 although in many instances contracting 

 firms have had to considerably advance 

 their prices. Should growers not soon 

 get more settled weather, the pea and 

 bean crops vrill suffer another season like 

 that experienced some three years ago. 



Trade on Mark Lane is reported as 

 not very active in clovers and grasses. 

 Many samples are very poor and were 



